Hay-rack



(No Model'.)

A.G.BART0N. y Y JLMIRA'GK..` No. 248,006. W Patented out. 11, 1881.

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UNITED :c OFFICE.

ALBnRnc: BARTON, on coNsTANrma-Micmcas.

HAY- RAC K.

f SIPEGJIIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,006, dated October 11, 1881.

Application tiled May 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, A. G. BARTON, of (Jonstantine, in the county ot' St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Hay-Rack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompany-` ing drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements iu hay-racks, in which a frame-work of timber is placed upon the holsters of a wagon for the purpose of carryinghay or grain; and the ob- 4 ject of my improvement is to combine in its rlifezul-'platesare attached to cross rails B, B', "'"fsib`. vI/Vhen placed upon the 'rear end of the construction 'great strength with lightness. I attain this object by the manner shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aplan view ofthe entire device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts out the Several views.

A A represent two curved bottom rails at the front ends. These bottom rails are fastened together by two bolts, c" and a"', which pass through the bottom rails, and two short pieces of timber, a a'. The bottom rails, A A, serve to support the entire structure, and on the upper side have bolted rmly to them six cross-rails-viz., B', B, P, R, S, and H"-the bolts being represented by circles where the bottom rails and cross-rails intersecteach other. The bottom rails are spread out gradually from the cross-rail B to the cross-rail H' The bottom rails rest upon the holsters of the wagon, the front standard of bolster passing up just back of cross-rail B'. The standard ot' the rear bolstSer of wagon passes up just back of crossrail v On each side of the front ends of the bottom rails there is a bolster head-plate, D. These thro ugh and E, by six bolts. (Represented by circles where they cross each other.) The front crossrail,E,is attached tothe two long side rails,F', by two bolts, and to two short pieces of timber, C, by two bolts. (Also represented by circles.) The front ends of the two pieces of timber C C are attached to the front cross-rail, G,

by two bolts. The pieces C O also serve as a support to the ladder f, to whichit is attached and pivots, by two bolts, t' t'. The cross-rail G extends across the extreme width of the rack,

and is attached to the forward ends of the long side rails, F F', by four bolts. (Repre sented by circles.)v The rear cross-rail, H, is attached to the four long side rails, F andF', by Vfour bolts, where the rails intersect each other, and are represented by circles.

To the side rails, F', are fastened'two raisers, L, to make that part of the inside rail, F', as high as the top ofthe outside rail, F, in order that the wheel may run free under a load of grain or hay. The raisers are composed of wooden standards b and caps ot' wood L, the whole secured to the rails F' by screws or bolts passing through the whole. The long side rails, Fand F', are supported and heldin place by six supporting crossbraces, N N' N", three on each side, and' attached, respectively, to cross-rails H', R, and P, each brace by a long bolt, e e' c", and a shorter bolt, g g g. respectively. Each bolt passes through the crossrails H', It, and P, the ends of the cross-braces, and through the long side rails, Fandv F'. The braces are each composed ot a short and longer piece of timber halved together in the form of a cross. Each'short piece has a shoulder resting against the outside ot' the long side rails, F', and each longer piece'has a shoulder resting against the inside of thelong side rails, F. rEhis construction is fully shown in the rear elevation, Fig. 3. The shape of the bottom rails, A A, is clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the shape ot' the bolster-plates in Figs. l and 2.

The ladder for the purpose of binding the load ot' grain or hay on the rack is only shown in the model on the front end ot' the rack. It may also be placed on the rear end or upon both.. ends whenever found convenient to do This specification signed and witnessed this 12th day of October, 1880.

ALBERT G. BARTON.

Witnesses:

M. O. BARRY, JOHN W. HARRISON. 

